Funeral car



5. PAUL FUNERAL CAR Nov; 4, 1930'.

Filed July 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l gwoenl o Q 550mg PAUL.

dmm s 5. PAUL FUNERAL CAR Nov. 4, Y 1930.

Filed July 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented llov. 4, 1930 I I i it p I I I SYDNIfItY mm, or] LIMZQ, orrroQAssreiroa 'rosurnnroalnonv coM PANxor LIMA, i .OJII-IIO, A, CORPORATION OF OHIO I a, "EU a I is ncatibn 'fii d :iui 22, 1929'. sees Mammy This invention relates to funeral cars, and car atthe rear of the seat 4 and in adjacent part cularly to those of the type hav ng slde relation to the side openings 2, are a pluralloading doors for the caskets. ityxofsmallturn-tables 6,in the present in 'In the use of cars of this character, the stance nve 1n number, each mounted for free 5 casket is insertedlengthwisetheremthrough turning movements relative togthe floor and 55 a side door opening with its longitudinal axis each carrying a casket engaging roll .7 on or major dimensiondisposed at an angle to its top 1n oiilsetrelation to lts turnlng' axis. that of the car, thereby necessitating some Each turn-table 61s mc-unted'over a recess manipulation. of-the casket in guiding and 8 1n the floor structure (see Fig. 5), and llZS" 1oplacing it ina proper position inthe car. pivot pin 9 is anchored to,-and mounted. for

This manipulation is rendered diflicult, es :tree turning movements in, a bearing memecially whenhandling-large and heavy .casber .lOmounted on the bottom of the recess.

Eets, as thexguiding usually has tobe done by The member 10 is provided atits base with a one person. i radially.disposedi annular flange for forming The object of my'invention' is to facilitate asmooth, annular race-way fora set of antithepositioning of caskets Lin funeralcars of friction supporting rollers '12 for the turnthis characterby the provision on the fioor table; These "rollers: are, in the present in: thereof, adjacent to the side entrance doors, stance, three in'number foreach table, and I of improved anti-friction supporting means positioned around the table axis,each being for the caskets which will enable largeand mounted'on a pin or bolt 13 carried by a lug 7= heavy caskets to :be easily moved and guided 14 depending from the underside of the ta.-= by one person into desired position within ble I the, car. p The casket-engaging roll '7, which 'pera The invention is fully described in the 01- forms a very important part in the proper 2.5 .lowing specification, and while, in its broadfunctioning of the turn-table, is disposed in.

er aspect, it is capable of embodiment in nuan opening 15 in the turn-table and is mountmerous forms, apreferred embodiment thereed for free turning movements on a pivot of is illustrated in the accompanying drawpin .16 mounted at its ends in'bearing lugs 17* ings, in which, rising from the table at the endsofthe open- 3a Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car eming This pin is horizontally disposed bodying; the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view with its axis'tangential toa circle concentric thereof with the body in horizontal section to the turning axis of the table so that the and with a side door partly open." Fig. 3 movement in any direction of an object over I is an enlarged plan of a casket-supporting the-table, while resting 'onits roll 7, will 1 p 3.". turn-table embodying the invention. Fig. 4 cause the table toswing in caster fashion to is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 5 is a secplace the roll at the sideof the table aXi'sin tion on the line '5-5,in Fig. 4, showing a the'line of movement, and-adjacent to: the ,7

fragmentary portion of the floor structure in point toward which. the :movement is taking i which the turn-table is mounted. I place;

41; Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a The roll 7 is of axially elongated form and ac funeral car having a loading opening 2 at tapers, or isgradu ally reduced in diameter,

one or both sides thereof near theforward from its center outwardly to each end so as; end of the casket-receiving compartment and to provide an annular ridge or enlargement closed by doors 3. The drivers seat 4 is pref-f at its center in a radial line of the table axis.

4.) erably of the shiftable type to enable it to be It is found that thejprovisicn of this central 9;; 1

moved forward and thereby provide greater enlargement on the roll very greatly facili-", unobstructed space in the forward part of tates themovementof heavy objects inany the car when loading. or varying directions over the table. .-The

Arranged in or on the floor structure 5 inner sides of the bearing lugs 17 are prefersl.

5c of the casket-receiving compartment of the ably flush with the respecti id .Qf m

roll and are tapered off outwardly from said sides as shown. One of the table rollers 12 is disposed in the radial line'of the table in which the central enlargement of the roll 7 's disposed, thereby causing such roller to receive and oppose the direct thrust of an object against the roll 7 when moved thereove ri The other two rollers 12, 12 are disposed at opposite sides of the table axis slightly to the rear of a diametrical line parallel to the axis of the roll 7.

The marginal edge of the recess 8 is faced with a ring 18 which has its surface flush with that of the table 6 which turns therein.

It is found preferable to so arrange the turn-tables 6 within the car that one is disposed adj-acent to each side opening 2 near the rear portion of such opening, as indicated at a; another turn-table is placed slightly forwardly and inwardly from each turn-table position a, as indicated at b, and the fifth turntable is disposed in the longitudinal center line of the car, slightly to the'rear of the positions a, as indicated at 0.

In placing a casket in the car through either side opening 2 thereof, the doors for suchopening are thrown to open position and the seat at is moved forward to allow greater free space within the, car adjacent to the opening. One end of the casket is then inserted through the sideopening at an angle to the longitudinal aXis of the car, and such end is permitted to rest on one or both of the turn-tables in the respective .po' sitions a, b. The pall bearers at the outer end of the casket push the casket-into the car while a single person at the car end of the casket is enabled by reason of the several turn-tables to easily guide the casket into proper position in'the car. hen the casket is moved in contact with the supporting roll 7 of any of the turntables such turntable will be instantly caused to turn to a position in which the roll 7 is disposed at the side of the table axis away from which the supported portion of the casket is'being moved, and this turning action of the table is very greatly facilitated by the form ofthe roll 7,- as shown. It is found in practice that the arrangement of the turn-table in the sets a, I), c, as shown, is very eihcient in effecting a proper supporting of the casket while being guided into posit-ion in the car. W hen the casket has been guided by the of the turn-tables to a position lengthwise of the its rear end, with respect to the car, is supported by the customary rolls 19, which are provided in the floor structure in the rear end portion ofthe car.

It will be understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capable of numerous modifications without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I V

1. In a funeral car having a side opening for the introduction of a casket, a set of three turn-tables mounted in the floor structure of the car, one turn-table being disposed adjacent to said opening near the rear end thereof, another being mounted slightly inwardly and forwardly with respect to said first turn-table, and another being mounted rearwardly of the first turn-table and substantially in the longitudinal center line of the car, said turn-tables each adapted for free turning movements in the floor plane of the carand having a casket supporting roll at its top portion in .ofi-set relation to theta'ble axis with its axis tangential to a circle concentric .tothe table axis.

21in a funeral car having a side entrance opening for a casket, a plurality of turn tables near said opening and mounted for free turning movements about axes perpendicular to'the floor of the car, each of said tables being provided with supporting rolls at its under side distributed about the axis of the table and with a casket engaging roll at its top side offset with respect to the table aXis, the lower portions of the turn tables including the supporting rolls being countersunk below the surface of car floor.

'In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my. name to this specification.

a SYDNEY PAUL. 

